Douglas Tainsh

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late 20th century Brisbane magazine cartoonist. Creator of the 'Cedric' swaggie series.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Douglas Tainsh
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • cartoonist
Active Period
  • c.1960- c.1994
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, famous for his 'Cedric’ swaggie series in Australasian Post c.1960s (ill. Lindesay 1979, 310): cute but terribly old-fashioned. Member of the Black and White Artists’ Club. Was 'smocked’ at Queensland’s first ever Smock Night, held in September 1994 at the opening of a 'State of Origin’ exhibition by B/W Club members at the Café Mediterraneo in Paddington, Brisbane. He then announced his retirement; in future 'Cedric’ will be drawn by another artist. Original in ML B/W Artists’ Club collection (PxD 586/TAINSH/7).

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Black and White Artists' Club
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Collections
'State of Origin'
September 1994
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Café Mediterraneo, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Recognitions
Smocked' at Queensland's first ever Black and White Artists' Club Smock Night, September
c.1951
Award
See also:
  • 'Cedric' swaggie series, Australasian Post c.1960s, (ill. Lindesay 1979, p 310)